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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

The Eddie C And C Sylvia Brown Family

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521908301
MD · NTEE T00Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Shanaysha Sauls, Executive Director / CEO ($29,328) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 675 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Shanaysha Sauls — reported title “DIRECTOR”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

675 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 675 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$105 total compensation of comparable organizations → $800,956 $29,328
$9,13810th
$24,62825th
$44,757Median
$70,29675th
$100,84390th
$29,328This org · 31st
p10$9,138
p25$24,628
p50$44,757
p75$70,296
p90$100,843
$29,328

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to MD cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
The Pearl Foundation Of The TN$227,530 Program Direct $55,650 $62,569 2024
Lindas Magnificent Mutts Rescue IL$227,544 President $46,375 $48,766 2024
Santa For A Day Incorporated IL$227,001 Chairman & Executive Direc $33,100 $35,835 2023
Indy Hub Foundation Inc IN$228,023 President $80,100 $90,351 2024
Northcrest Foundation IA$228,134 Ceo $12,284 $14,812 2023
Music 4 Miracles Inc FL$228,283 President $70,356 $70,696 2024
United Way Of Scotland County Inc NC$226,468 Executive Director $55,076 $60,870 2024
Ur Community Cares Inc CT$225,990 Executive Director $57,640 $57,807 2024
Hawaii Va Foundation HI$225,981 Board Chair/ $4,800 $4,597 2024
United Way Of The Eastern Upper MI$225,971 Ceo $35,480 $40,328 2023
Richman Family Foundation Inc MD$225,830 President & Public Director $44,135 $45,439 2023
Feeding The Fosters Inc FL$225,810 President, Treasurer $37,500 $36,709 2025
The Wvi Dolphin Foundation Inc NY$225,682 Executive Dir. $48,675 $47,046 2024
Sports Creative Foundation NY$229,314 Ceo $19,950 $19,283 2024
United Way Of Cattaraugus & NY$225,601 Executive Director $37,680 $36,419 2024
Virgil Abloh Foundation NY$225,540 Executive Director $53,125 $51,348 2024
Creating Caring Communities CA$229,516 Executive Director $22,953 $21,200 2024
The Surety Foundation Inc DC$229,532 Sfaa Foundation Liaison $57,126 $53,620 2024
Reader To Reader Inc MA$229,570 Pres & Exec Dir $106,100 $99,353 2025
Crecer Foundation KS$229,915 Executive Director $28,800 $33,280 2024
Purple Flower Community Health & Wellness Foundation TN$229,944 President $112,369 $126,339 2024
Rhino Foods Foundation Inc VT$230,190 Executive Director $87,470 $91,743 2025
Hamblen County Foundation For TN$230,307 Executive Director $30,000 $33,730 2024
St Ann's Of Greater Rochester Inc NY$224,599 President/ceo $78,615 $75,985 2024
Albertina Kerr Centers Foundation OR$224,363 Ceo (Beginning 7/2022) $4,251 $4,348 2023

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to MD cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to MD cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default31st
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted0th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted89th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Shanaysha Sauls) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 675 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $29,328 is reasonable (approximately the 31st percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.